{"id":188,"date":"2021-07-26T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbobnichols.calvarycathedral.org\/?p=188"},"modified":"2021-06-19T18:46:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T23:46:37","slug":"positioned-to-receive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/07\/26\/positioned-to-receive\/","title":{"rendered":"Positioned to Receive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>\u201cW<\/b>e are not making God do anything; we are making ourselves come into agreement with His Word.<b>\u201d<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><i><sup>5<\/sup><\/i><i>If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>James 1:5<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><sup>14<\/sup><\/i><i>And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:\u00a0<sup>15<\/sup>And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>I John 5:14-15<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><em><span class=\"text Heb-13-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>Now may the God of peace,\u00a0who through the blood of the eternal covenant\u00a0brought back from the dead\u00a0our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-30263\" class=\"text Heb-13-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21\u00a0<\/sup>equip you with everything good for doing his will,\u00a0and may he work in us\u00a0what is pleasing to him,\u00a0through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">God is our Father.\u00a0 He longs for us to walk in the fullness of everything He intends for us to have. Through Christ we have been seated in Heavenly places with Him. When we confess and pray His Word we are not changing His will for our life. He established that at the cross. We are enforcing our covenant with Him on earth. We can stand and pray the Word of God with boldness!<\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>Victory Action<\/b><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\">I will pray God\u2019s Word and put myself in a position to receive God\u2019s blessings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are not making God do anything; we are making ourselves come into agreement with His Word.\u201d 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. James 1:5 \u00a0 14And this is the confidence that we have in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/07\/26\/positioned-to-receive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Positioned to 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